Cheng Anlang's first reaction was to cover his face.
A sudden, earth-shattering cough.
"Cough! Cough! Cough..."
What is this?!
Zhang Mingyu quickly stood up and grabbed a napkin.
Cheng Dahua was looking down and tearing at a piece of meat from a large spare rib. In the past, when Cheng Anlang fed it spare ribs, he would remove the meat and throw away the bones, only feeding it the meat. As a result, it has now become accustomed to eating only the meat on the bones when it eats by itself.
It was eating with great enthusiasm when it was suddenly startled by Cheng Anlang's cough and looked up.
Cheng Anlang's face was covered in tears, his cheeks were flushed, and he couldn't stop coughing.
Cheng Dahua instantly forgot she was eating; her tongue dangled outside her mouth, and she looked completely dazed.
This...this...
Like this...
When it was secretly hiding on the planet Emshiba, where mutated beasts lived, it had seen what a dying mutated beast looked like. It would tremble with tears streaming down its face, and then it would stop breathing after a while...
Is Cheng Anlang also going to...?
"Awoooooo!" Cheng Dahua suddenly started howling, startling Xigua, who was drinking soup, so much that he rolled over and almost fell off the table.
Cheng Dahua's wailing was so loud that it pierced through the private room and reached the ears of everyone in the restaurant. They all looked up, and even the waiter was so startled that he almost overturned his plate!
"Holy crap! What the hell is that sound?!"
"It seems to be coming from Zhang Mingyu's private room!"
"Zhang Mingyu's lizard doesn't make that sound, does it?"
"Wait! Isn't there someone else inside?!"
"That flower! It's that flower! I've heard that cry before!"
"What the hell? Is a fight breaking out inside?!"
Cheng Anlang choked so badly he couldn't open his eyes. He had been covering his face with one hand and fumbling for a napkin on the table with the other when he suddenly heard Cheng Dahua's wail. For a moment, he forgot all about wiping his face.
He barely opened his blurry eyes, coughing as he tried to reassure Cheng Dahua: "Don't...cough cough...don't shout...I...cough...I'm fine...cough cough cough!"
Seeing this, Zhang Mingyu shoved a napkin into Cheng Anlang's hand, telling him to wipe his face first. He then turned around and quickly comforted Cheng Dahua, "It's alright, it's alright. Cheng Anlang just choked a little, he'll be fine in a bit, don't worry."
"Aww... Aww..." Cheng Dahua was slightly relieved. She closed her wide-open mouth slightly, still howling, but the sound was much softer. She used her leaves to push Zhang Mingyu, who was blocking her view, aside, and stretched her stem towards Cheng Anlang.
The child stared longingly.
Zhang Mingyu was caught off guard and nudged by Ye Zi, chuckling inwardly: This flower is really...
After comforting Cheng Dahua, he turned to check on Cheng Anlang and poured him a glass of water.
"Cough...cough..." Cheng Anlang took the water Zhang Mingyu handed him and drank it down. He gasped for breath a few times, barely managing to suppress the burning sensation in his throat and nose. He wiped the tears from his face with a napkin, sniffed, and lowered his head, feeling somewhat embarrassed and ashamed to look at Zhang Mingyu. "I...I'm sorry, I didn't...I've never eaten that kind of green...I don't know..."
A soft laugh came from above, and Cheng Anlang lowered his head even further.
I've really lost all face today...
I wish I hadn't eaten that random thing...
well……
Suddenly, my head was touched.
Cheng Anlang was startled and looked up at Zhang Mingyu abruptly, the redness in his eyes still lingering: "Why...why are you touching my head!"
"..."
Before Zhang Mingyu could even wipe the smile off his face, it turned into surprise. It was a complete reflex; he found Cheng Anlang rather cute for a moment, and as soon as he relaxed, he couldn't help but touch him, just like he would normally touch a lizard's head.
I only realized something was wrong after I touched it...
He looked down into Cheng Anlang's slightly moist eyes, opened his mouth, but awkwardly didn't know what to say...
Zhang Mingyu was speechless for a moment, which made Cheng Anlang's face, which was already red from coughing, turn even redder.
Why is this person just staring at me without saying anything...?
The noisy chatter in the restaurant was barely audible, like a distant, chaotic symphony. Bright lights shone behind Zhang Mingyu, giving him a hazy, golden glow.
His eyes are so beautiful...
Cheng Anlang thought.
As unfathomable as the stars at night, and as profound as the ocean without ripples.
Cheng Anlang's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no... what am I thinking!
Cheng Anlang shook his head, banishing his random thoughts, and composed himself: "You just touched my head..."
The conversation abruptly ended.
Damn it! Why did I ask again?!